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OMG, it is done!Should any of you, one fine day, decide to paint a brocade beaded skirt with a translucent beaded apron over it, think twice about it good people because although you are in for a lot of fun, you are also in for a crazy amount of time 25 hours on her skirt alone and 18 on all the rest, totally a good 43 hours, yes, the crayon never sleeps.The old me from one year back would have stopped at the waist from pure frustration, the new me adores the challenge.I will certainly paint this kind of work again but not immediately lol, now I want to paint a naked one, no fabric at all lol

I dedicate Rani to May Fong , whom else, because crazily masterly paintings with lots of jewels and details are her tool of trade, it is my homage to May for being a constant inspiration and a guide by her stunning examples to get better in my art. Moreover it is another collector, that is fun.

I used a losange tool in the fabric, very lightly, brushes by the fabulous obsidian dawn

thank you it is a year and a half old but it still stands, I worked a bit more on it in the urge to post something no I was inspired by a sari catalogue, in general I like to design dresses but this one was after a ref